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Irwin Loy

Irwin Loy covers municipal affairs for 24 Hours Vancouver.

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Appeal filed to overturn Cambie merchant's victory

By Irwin Loy, 19 Jun 2009


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Will Canada Post Deliver the Electric Car?

Switching the massive mail fleet to e-vehicles could make green cars cheaper for everyone.

By Irwin Loy, 15 Jun 2009


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Electric Cars Need a Jump Start

They're where cell phones were in 1985, says one backer. Must we wait that long?

By Irwin Loy, 4 Jun 2009


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Experts testify on Dziekanski's last moves

By Irwin Loy, 26 May 2009


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Police shouldn't have released details, inquiry hears

By Irwin Loy, 7 May 2009


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BC's Battleground 'Burbs: Dispatches from the Trenches

On the ground in suburban swing ridings that may decide the election.

By Irwin Loy, 5 May 2009


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Insite fight injected into court

By Irwin Loy, 27 Apr 2009


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Campbell to Metro mayors: Hands off the carbon tax

By Irwin Loy, 22 Apr 2009


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Mayors seek carbon-tax revenue for public transit

By Irwin Loy, 22 Apr 2009


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Shootings Spook Voters

How the parties are politicking on the issue of public safety.

By Irwin Loy, 22 Apr 2009


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Heed this: Cop Kash running with Campbell

By Irwin Loy, 8 Apr 2009


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Air war begins: parties battle on TV

By Irwin Loy, 7 Apr 2009


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Closed circuit cameras coming to Vancouver

By Irwin Loy, 3 Apr 2009


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Carole crusades on crime

By Irwin Loy, 2 Apr 2009


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RCMP officer: 'I've been telling the truth'

By Irwin Loy, 25 Mar 2009


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Cop not certified with Taser

By Irwin Loy, 24 Mar 2009


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Emotional morning for Dziekanski's mother

By Irwin Loy, 23 Mar 2009


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Vancouver lagging on social housing promises: critics

By Irwin Loy, 17 Mar 2009


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Olympic Village news triggers another round of blame game

By Irwin Loy, 18 Feb 2009


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Possible $12 million revenue drop catches Vancouver by surprise

By Irwin Loy, 3 Feb 2009


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Burnaby fights planned prison

By Irwin Loy, 26 Jan 2009


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Vancouver homeless shelters brimming: 1,300 seek refuge nightly

By Irwin Loy, 6 Jan 2009


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Federal injection for Evergreen Line: Falcon

By Irwin Loy, 16 Dec 2008


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Province promises pittance for new SkyTrain planning

By Irwin Loy, 12 Dec 2008


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Pro-coalition rally draws 1,000 in Vancouver

By Irwin Loy, 5 Dec 2008


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Vancouver a magnet for prostitution and trafficked women: activists

By Irwin Loy, 4 Dec 2008


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Council approves parallel Olympic loan investigation

By Irwin Loy, 26 Nov 2008


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BC mulls 'Aboriginal awareness' course for employees

By Irwin Loy, 21 Nov 2008


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Robertson reiterates vow to end homelessness

By Irwin Loy, 17 Nov 2008


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Abbotsford, Langley, Surrey talk light-rail transit

By Irwin Loy, 17 Nov 2008


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'Change' Wins in Vancouver

Now the hard part. What will 'change' mean? Notes from last night's landslide.

By Geoff Dembicki, Irwin Loy and David Beers, 17 Nov 2008


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Vision Vancouver wins landslide victory

By Irwin Loy, 15 Nov 2008


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Police to investigate leak of Olympic Village loan details

By Irwin Loy, 12 Nov 2008


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New Democrats win two Vancouver by-elections

By Irwin Loy, 29 Oct 2008


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Vision platform offers many ideas, few dollar signs

By Irwin Loy, 27 Oct 2008


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Vancouver homelessness debate tonight

By Irwin Loy, 22 Oct 2008


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NPA plan cautiously tough on crime

By Irwin Loy, 16 Oct 2008


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Lower Mainland municipal candidate lists complete

By Irwin Loy, 12 Oct 2008


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Vancouver council candidates confirmed

By Irwin Loy, 11 Oct 2008


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'Too many damn polls,' says new election eve poll

By Irwin Loy, 10 Oct 2008


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Harper dodges questions on RCMP's anti-Insite research

By Matt Kieltyka and Irwin Loy, 9 Oct 2008


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TransLink deficit could grow to $500 million a year by 2012

By Irwin Loy, 9 Oct 2008


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Dion reaches out for left-of-centre support during Vancouver swing

By Irwin Loy, 8 Oct 2008


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COPE nominates Cadman and Woodsworth for Vancouver council

By Irwin Loy, 28 Sep 2008


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Harper targets NDP's Layton with forest policy attack

By Irwin Loy, 24 Sep 2008


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Vision confirms Dhaliwal's candidacy for council

By Irwin Loy, 23 Sep 2008


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Climate website urges vote against Conservatives in close ridings

By Irwin Loy, 22 Sep 2008


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By lunch time, Vision tripled last week's NPA vote

By Irwin Loy, 20 Sep 2008


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Dosanjh promises BC agenda, but offers few specifics

By Irwin Loy, 17 Sep 2008


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Work Less Party wants less police, fewer cars

By Irwin Loy, 17 Sep 2008


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COPE-Vision alliance announced; COPE debt 'under discussion'

By Irwin Loy, 15 Sep 2008


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Metro vacancy rate falls to .44%

By Irwin Loy, 12 Sep 2008


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Mayencourt, Liberals fight over Insite video

By Sean Holman and Irwin Loy, 10 Sep 2008


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South Asian business leader Daljit Sidhu to run with NPA

By Irwin Loy, 8 Sep 2008


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Aboriginal activist to run for Vision

By Irwin Loy, 8 Sep 2008